Krug Grande Cuvee Edition 169

• The Grande Cuvée, with vintages ranging from 2000 to 2013, is already drinking very well
• Smooth, silky, complex and elegant.

Krug Grande Cuvée Edition 169 is ultra-sophisticated in its silky, smooth style. The aromas are so complex and nuanced rather than pronounced that they are difficult to name. White flowers, mandarin, green apple, peach, lemon, vanilla, honey, nougat and gingerbread come to mind.

Krug Grande Cuvee Edition 169 is a blend of 146 separately vinified parcels from 11 different vintages. The cuvée consists largely of 2013. The oldest wine used in it is a 2000 Chardonnay from Villers-Marmery. The grape varieties consist of 43% Pinot Noir, 35% Chardonnay and 22% Pinot Meunier. The very old Pinot Meuniers from the 2008 vintage in Saint-Gemme are a particularly important part of the cuvée, says cellar master Julie Cavil.

96+ William Kelley erobertparker.com Based on the 2013 vintage and complemented by some 40% reserve wines dating back to 2000, Krug's newly released NV Grande Cuvée 169ème Édition is showing very nicely, unfurling in the glass with notes of citrus oil, buttered toast, dried apricot, warm biscuits and marmalade. Medium to full-bodied, deep and incisive, it's a tauter, more chiseled rendition of Grande Cuvée by comparison with the richer, more textural and more demonstrative 168ème Édition (based on the 2012 vintage) that preceded it; but its bright spine of acidity is nicely cloaked in fruit. Concluding with a long and sapid finish, this is a very classically balanced Champagne that will reward bottle age

750 mL

12.5

Champagne

Pinot Noir & Chardonnay & Pinot Meunier

Sulphites

• Zero Dosage

France

Krug 5, rue Coquebert, 51100 Reims, Reims